Comments on: Troy Brouwer Hits Derek Stepan in the Head (Video), Suspension Coming?http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2013/10/16/troy-brouwer-hits-derek-stepan-in-the-head-video-suspension-coming/
We're the relentlessly fun Washington Capitals blog hopelessly devoted to Alex Ovechkin, Dmitry Orlov, and Evgeny Kuznetsov!Tue, 03 Mar 2015 22:31:00 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1By: fehrrockshttp://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2013/10/16/troy-brouwer-hits-derek-stepan-in-the-head-video-suspension-coming/#comment-42208
Fri, 18 Oct 2013 10:08:00 +0000http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/?p=54922#comment-42208NHL should ban white jerseys and white helmets. They blend in with the ice making it difficult for players to see and thus the incidental head contact
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Thu, 17 Oct 2013 23:49:00 +0000http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/?p=54922#comment-42182Troy was trying to get to the bench and his head was turned away. No penalty, no fine and no suspension, besides we have much more to worry about right now.
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Thu, 17 Oct 2013 22:10:00 +0000http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/?p=54922#comment-42179Kudos to Stepan for calling it a “hockey play.” I can just imagine what Torts might say if he was still behind the Blueshirts’ bench.
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Thu, 17 Oct 2013 18:21:00 +0000http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/?p=54922#comment-42160NOT a legit hockey hit. Stepan was nowhere near the puck, skating backwards. Brouwer looked like he was going off for a line change and decided to get a hit in before he went off. The fact that his arms went up and towards Stepan’s head (maybe not intentionally) shows that it wasn’t by chance. Brouwer is lucky not to be suspended for at least a game or fined. But if Stepan was injured severely, he would have been. Time will tell if this hit affects Stepan. Right now, doesn’t seem like it. But my verdict: Brouwer is Guilty. Not a clean hit.
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Thu, 17 Oct 2013 14:26:00 +0000http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/?p=54922#comment-42150Brouwer was lined up to check him in the body, but that last-moment speed/direction change by Stepan really screwed things up.
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Thu, 17 Oct 2013 14:08:00 +0000http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/?p=54922#comment-42149I’m a Ranger fan and I say no suspension. Incidental. The look on Broewer’s face after the play said it all. If that wasn’t genuine concern for Stepan, then he should get an Oscar.
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Thu, 17 Oct 2013 13:26:00 +0000http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/?p=54922#comment-42147this team does not need to start these type of hits just because our team sucks. Bad passing, not clearing the zone, shoot the puck like a REAL hockey player, that’s what should be on the mind of Brouwer. It looked like no penalty but a seasoned player still should have pulled up. Send him to the AHL
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Thu, 17 Oct 2013 13:05:00 +0000http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/?p=54922#comment-42145As a Rangers fan, I do not believe that this hit was Dirty. I think Brouwer was just, as he said, going for a change and the incidental contact and attempt to get out of the way was accidental. I don’t personally see how Brouwer could have NOT seen Stepan but whatever. I have almost hit deer that are dead center of the road so I can’t really blame him. Still should be an interference call but it’s not a suspension or a hit to the head.

As a few people here said, Stepan has to keep his head up there and not just coast backwards through the neutral zone when the play is occurring in that zone. That’s hockey 101. Keep your head up, son.

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Thu, 17 Oct 2013 12:48:00 +0000http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/?p=54922#comment-42143Sorry, absolutely nothing about that collision was intentional or worthy of a suspension. He was watching the puck and the line change. Anyone that’s played the game of hockey should know that, so why “hockey people” like NBCSN, etc. get all up in arms is ridiculous. It’s a contact sport that moves at an extremely fast pace, collisions like that are inevitable…..

Besides if he does get suspended and Chimera is hurt maybe we can actually dig our four million man off the 4th freakin line.

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Thu, 17 Oct 2013 05:55:00 +0000http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/?p=54922#comment-42136Brouwer looks at Stepan. Looks at Green. As Brouwer looks at Green, Stepan slows down and hooks toward Brouwer. Stepan is coasting backwards and has his eyes on Green as well, so he doesn’t see Brouwer coming. It’s incidental contact.
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